Broom.



L. BL ACKARD.

BROOM.

APPLICATION FILED MAR 24. 1915.

1,157,674. Patented 0ct.19, 1915.

C MBIA PLANOCIRAPH C0-- WASHINGTON. D. C.

AT V LUCIAN 'IBLACKARD, or. HAYTI, lvrrssouarp .iaitooivr,

To' all whom it mag concern)" Be it :known that I, LUCIAN BLAOKARD, a

I citizen of the United States, residing; at

beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

Hayti, in the county ofPemiscot and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brooms, of which the following is a s'peclfi'catiomreference "The present invention relates broadly to new and useful improvements in brooms and has particular reference to' an improved form of fastening means whereby the broom corn is secured to the handle.

. The principal object of the invention is to provide a fastening means which is relatively simple in construction and may therefore be cheaply manufactured; t V

A further object is to provide a pair'of coacting securing plates Which'are adapted to be disposed against opposite faces of'the head'portion of the broom'an'd are accom- 'panied by fastening means whereby they may be drawn into severe clamping engagement against the broom straws for holding the same in a compact bundle. I

- The above and other incidental objects of "a. similarnature which will be hereinafter more specifically treated are accomplished by such means as are illustratedin the accompanying drawings, described in thefollowing specifications and then more particu- "J larly pointed out in the claims which are appended hereto application. y Y

"Vith reference to the drawing wherein there has beenillustrated a further embodiand form apart of this ment of the invention as it is reduced to 'plete assembled relation; F ig. 2 is a section practice and throughout the. several views of which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a face view of the broom with the parts thereof in com- 7 taken longitudinally and: medially through the broom in a plane at right angles tothe head plates. Fig.3 is a face view of the broom showing. the same before the head plates are applied; Fig. a is 'a' side elevation showing the handle and one bundle of material secured thereto; Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken through the broom atthe point whereat'the wire receiving plates are; at-

*' tachedtFig. 6 is a detail face View of .oneof i915." Sria1No.16,73 1-,. I

the head plates; Fig. 7 is an edge view of the Specification of LettersPatent. I i Patented Oct. 19, 1915. I a plication fiiea Math 24,

plate shown in Fig.-'6; Fig. 8 is a detail View showing the manner in which the wire is passed through the wire receiving 'plate; Figs-9 is a detail View showing particularly the tube and screw employedinholding the headplates in position against the brush "forming bundles'of corn; and Fig. 10 is a view showing the broom in a partially completed state with the bundles of corn inverted onthe handle.

As best disclosedin Fig. 3 of the panying drawings, the broom is constituted of two separate bundles of corn l0 and 11 which are secured to a' handle 12. bundles lO'and 11 are equaI as to size and the corn of each is heldtogether in compact relation prior to the securing of the bundles t'o thehandle by bindingwires 13. Prior to the application of the bundles 10 and '11 to The accom- 5 the handle there is secured to the terminal of this latter member and at' diametrically opposite points thereof a pairof wire receiving plates 15 and'16'. Thesemembers15 and 16 are .in length approximately equal to the thickness of the broom. handle andpare secured in flat wall recesses 17 by. means of an elongatedrivet l8'whic h passes through the'handle and plates. Each terminal of each of. the members15 and 16is apertu'red so that a wire indicatedat 19 may be "passed the plates and passed about the two bundles 10 and ll'a's shown best Fig. 5. The terminals of thewire are twisted about each other,'as shown in-Fig. 5, at 19. The interthrough each pair of adjacent'terminals of mediate portions of thewire are seated in grooves'formedin the handle at diametrically opposite points. After the wire 19 has been thus applied withthe bundles inverted on the handle, the bundles are rotated in i oppositedirect'ions in planes parallel to the handlefand about the wire 19 as an axis.

The slack inthe wire 19' is thus taken by twisting, asshown best inFigs. 5 and 8. Thebinding wire 14 is then applied. After the bundles have been thus secured, the head plates and 21 are applied toopposite sides of the head portion constituted by the at tached terminal portions of the straw, bundles l'Oand 11. These head plates 20 and 21 are substantially similar, each beingformed from a single blank of sheet metal, which is cut to form an elongated body portion 22 and the pairs of laterally extending arms 23, 24: and 25. These members 23, 24 and 25 of each of the plates are adapted to engage against the head portion of the bundles, as shown in Fig. 1. The body portion of each plate is adapted to cover and conceal the space between the terminals of the bundles l0 and 11. As a means for drawing the two plates into clamping engagement against the bundles, I provide the oneplate 20 with a plurality of internally threaded tubes or sleeves 26. Into these tubes are threaded screws 27 which are passed through the apertures 28 of the plate-21. It will be readily appreciated that the screws may be threaded home to draw the two plates into the desired clamping engagement against the straw. One or more of the sleeve members 26 may be passed through the handle for holding the plate against movement.

In reduction to practice, it has been found that the form of this invention illustrated in the drawings, and referred to in the above description as the preferred embodiment, is the most eflicient and practical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of this device will necessarily vary, it is desirable to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in details of con' struction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required,

without sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as defined by the appended claims.

I- desire to direct particular attention to the fact that the wire receiving plates 15 and 16, the head plates 20 and 21 and the handle 12 may be employed in constructing a new broom, after the corn initially used, has been worn out. The only parts which must be replaced, when a new broom is to be made, are the corn and the binding wire.

\Vhat is claimed is 2- 1. A broom including a handle, a pair of wire receiving plates secured to the handle at diametrically opposite points thereof, independent bundles of material constituting the brush portion of the broom, said bundles being disposed against the outer faces of the plates and a wire passing through the plates and about the bundles for securing the same against the plates.

2. A broom including ahandle, a pair of wire receiving plates secured to the handle at diametrically opposite points thereof, two independent bundles of material constituting the .brush portion of the broom, a wire -pas sing through the plates and about the bundles for securing the same against the plates, and .a pair of head plates detachably secured to the handle, said head plates-being disposed to bear against opposite faces of space between the upper ends of the two bundles.

3. A broom including a handle, a pair of wire receiving plates detachably secured thereto at diametrically opposite points, said plates being arranged in parallel relation to each other and being each provided with terminal apertures, separate bundles of mate rial constituting the brush portion of the broom, there beinga bundle disposed against each plate, a wire passing through the apertures of the plate and about the bundles for securing the same against the plates and handle, and a pair of head platesdetachably secured to the handle and positioned to bear against the bundles on opposite sidesthereof,

said head plates being also disposed to conceal the space between those terminals of the bundles which are attached to the handle.

4:. A broom including a handle, wire re ceiving plates detachably secured thereto at diametrically opposite points and in parallel relation to each other, separate bundles of brush forming material, a wire passing through the platesand about the bundles for securing the same to the handle and plates, and a pair of head plates detachably secured to the handle, said head plates being disposed in parallel'spaced relation to each other and at right angles to the wire receiving plates, each of said head plates including a rectangular body portion, and a plurality of laterally extendingfingers, said body portion being adapted to bear against the handle, and said finger members being adapted to engage against the bundles of material.

5. A broom including a handle, parallel wire receiving plates secured thereto, bundles of brush forming material disposed against the wire receiving plates, a wire passing through the plates and about the bundles, and a pair of head plates detachably secured to the handle on opposite sides of the broom, said plates being disposed at right angles to the wire receiving plates. 6. A broom including a handle, separate bundles of brush forming material secured thereto, there being a space between the bundles at the attached terminals of these members, and a pair of removable head plates disposed against opposite sides of the broom head for entirely closing said space.

7. A broom including a handle, independent bundles of material constituting the brush portion of the broom, and a wire passing around the bundles and handle, for securing the bundles thereto, said wire be ing twisted on each. side of the handle to define a .centralband which surrounds and clamps the handle, and terminal bands which surround and clamp the bundles to the h ndl .8, A method of making brooms which consis i app y ng independen b n of -.tl. e he d of the b ush portion to close the mater al 9 aihaud elunopposite s de ther 1,157,o74' r n '3 of, passing a Wire about the bundles and In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my handle and then rotating the bundles in signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

planes parallel to the handle to twist the LUCIAN BLACKARD. Wire on each side thereof, whereby the slack 5 in the Wire is takenup,jthe Wire clamped Witnesses":

about the handle, and the bundles com- J ARGO, pressed and clamped against the handle. T. A. MON AIL.

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